Twitter restricts Iraqi militia leader's account
Sunday 14/June/2020 - 02:31 PM
Nada Ragab
Twitter Saturday "temporarily restricted"
the account of Qais al-Khazali, leader of an Iran-backed Iraqi militia, for the
second time in less than a year.
Al-Khazali, the head of the Asaib Ahl al-Haq
militia, had his account "temporarily restricted" last December because
of "unusual activity," Twitter said at the time. On Saturday, the
same message appeared on his account, warning visitors before they proceeded to
his page.
Shortly before his account was temporarily
restricted last year, a batch of US sanctions targeted al-Khazali and his
brother Laith al-Khazali, another leader of the Asaib Ahl al-Haq.
